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Well I’m going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad honey babe
And I don’t want to be treated this a’ way
So I’m going where the climate suits my clothes
Going where the climate suits my clothes
Going where the climate suits my clothes
And I don’t want to be treated this a’ way
Cause I’m going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad honey babe
And I don’t want to be treated this a’ way
So I’m going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes like wine
And I don’t want to be treated this a’ way
Going down that road feeling bad
Going down that road feeling bad
Going down that road feeling bad honey babe
And I don’t want to be treated this a’ way
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Speak My Name
03:09
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There you stood, soaking wet
With your head against my chest
Two long years, I have saved
My last wish to speak your name
I had held, the locket sold
Pressed to my heart beneath the cold
I have yearned, to see again
The one I left, my one true friend
The one I left, my one true friend
So speak my name on your lips
For I have longed for your kiss
Sweet as peach, I have dreamed
Of your love brought back to me
If you had wrote, I’d not have known
Had you read what I’d sent home?
Was it lost, like catching wind?
Gone from my hands to fall again
If I had known, what time would do
I’d have stayed, where love was true
To see the one I left behind
Oh my love your on my mind
Oh my love your on my mind
So speak my name on your lips
For I have longed for your kiss
Sweet as peach, I have dreamed
Of your love brought back to me
Brought back to me
Brought back to me
Brought back to me
Speak my name on your lips
For I have longed for your kiss
Sweet as peach, I have dreamed
Of your love brought back to me
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Enjoying the View
03:38
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The birds fly on in, an hour before the sun goes down
They’ve come a long ways, soaring for days
and it’s good too see em’ come back around
Resting till dawn, a thousand will rise,
And then they’re gone away
Back to their lives, up in the sky,
maybe they’ll come back someday
Like the stars coming in, up in the sky
Brought back again, for you and I
Taken away, and given anew
It’s a good life we’re living, and I’m enjoying the view
This land is as good a piece as I could ever find
A little place to rest a head,
cotton sheets and feather bed seem alright
You could take me now,
and I’d be ok with that
Cause damn it feels good,
to know what I’m looking at.
Like the stars coming in, up in the sky
Brought back again, for you and I
Taken away, and given anew
It’s a good life we’re living, and I’m enjoying the view
In younger days, I dreamed of the ways,
I’d live on the outskirts of town
And somewhere nearby, where the birds would still fly,
you’d have your house and a crown
A home with a view, maybe grow some food,
I’d be close enough, to be close to you
To be close to you
Like the stars coming in, up in the sky
Brought back again, for you and I
Taken away, and given anew
It’s a good life we’re living, and I’m enjoying,
I’m enjoying the view
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Sometimes We're Stupid
03:59
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I woke up Tuesday morning
and I drank the beer I left beside my bed
Drank a pot of coffee just to ward away
the pounding in my head
Looked out my crooked window,
and saw that old flag flying blue and red
What songs will they be singing,
a hundred years from now when we’re all dead?
Sometimes we’re stupid, and no one cares
You wake up naked, or in your underwears
But this life’s worth it, best to take the chance
Honey you take the truth, and I’ll take the dare.
Now Tuesday’s gone and left me
and it’s 4AM again and I’m still up,
It’s hot as hell in Lodi
the days are falling all around like little raindrops
They said it’s pouring down in LA County,
Folks are dancing up on rooftops,
Feeling just like kids, left alone,
sitting in a candy shop
They say it’s gonna be a free ride,
It’s gonna be a high time
We’re gonna stay up all night,
We ain’t coming down.
So let me know if you want to come
I can promise that it’s gonna be fun
Just put your foot in,
cause we gonna be alrite.
And we’re gonna be stupid, cause no one cares
We can wake up naked, or in our underwears
Cause this life’s worth it, even though it ain’t fair
Honey you take the truth and I’ll take the dare
Sometimes we’re stupid, and no one cares
You wake up naked, or in your underwears
But this life’s worth it, best to take the chance
Honey you take the truth, and I’ll take the dare
Yeah Honey you take the truth, and I’ll take the dare
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Sweet Maria
03:22
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I left at two in the center lane,
with another thing on my mind
Couldn’t stop thinking about a face
I’d left by the borderline
Down by Baker and Baton Rouge,
on my Way to New Orleans
I met a girl so faire, I’d swear,
that she had diamonds sewed in her sleeves
My sweet Maria
Down at Milo’s Cantina
She pulls me in through the door
She has me in her arms
We’re spinning like
a Sarsaparilla flower
Pulled up for gas at a little bar
that sold Margaritas through a window in the rear
There’s this little miss, blowing me a kiss,
with something sweet to say in my ear
She knew what she wanted,
and she asked me to dance in the light
I made a fool of my feet, couldn’t catch the beat,
I wish I was there tonight
With my sweet Maria
Down at Milo’s Cantina
She pulls me in through the door
She has me in her arms
We’re spinning like
a Sarsaparilla flower
My sweet Maria
Down at Milo’s Cantina
She pulls me in through the door
She has me in her arms
We’re spinning like
a Sarsaparilla flower
Now I’m half the way to nowhere,
and I don’t know what it is I’m running for
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Simple Joys
03:14
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I hope you find what you are searching for
That I be there to see
When the light, shines on your eyes
That the world is filled with peace
Take joy, in the simple things
As a child looks at the sky
And when you rest your eyes to sleep
May your troubles pass you by
This world is filled with suffering
And hate will pull you down
But there is love, there is love, love sweet love
And it rings, the sweetest sound
I hope you find what you are searching for
That I be there to see
When the light, shines on your eyes
That the world is filled with peace
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Eric Long Valley Ford, California
With influences ranging from Mississippi John Hurt and Taj Mahal to progressive musicians like Charlie Parr and Jack White, Eric’s music is fundamentally folk music and timelessly steeped in some of America’s earliest musical roots. His songs carry a remarkable knack for simplicity and his voice is one you don’t forget. ... more
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